mark(at)mark(dot)mielke(dot)cc writes:
> I don't believe that fsync() on Linux syncs the whole file system
> either.
Indeed. I'd disregard this as coming from someone who knows much
less than he thinks.
(The most likely explanation for his results, I expect, is that FreeBSD
is trying to fsync and the disk drive is lying to it, whereas on his
comparison Linux machine the drive is not configured to lie about
write-complete.)
regards, tom lane